DrivingYourMazda
StartingandDriving
Shiftingspecification
Shiftingup
NOTE
ThegeardoesnotshiftdowntoM1
automaticallywhileinthesecondgearfixed
mode.
Ifthevehiclespeedislowerthanthe
speedspecifiedforeachgear,thegear
cannotbeshifteduptoahighergear.
Ifthevehicleiskickeddownatthe
followingspeedsorlower,thegearsshift
downautomatically:
Gear
Vehiclespeed
Between0and18km/h
(0
muchtheacceleratorpedalis
depressed.
and11mph),dependingonhow
Gear
Vehiclespeed
190km/h(118mph)
125km/h(77mph)
125km/h(77mph)
78km/h(48mph)
78km/h(48mph)
50km/h(31mph)
50km/h(31mph)
M1→M2
M6→M5
M6→M4
M5→M4
M5→M3
Between22and32km/h
(13and19mph),dependingonhow
muchtheacceleratorpedalis
depressed.
M2→M3
M3→M4
M4→
M3
M2
Between40and48km/h
(25
muchtheacceleratorpedalis
depressed.
M4→
and29mph),dependingonhow
M4→M5
M5→M6
M3→M2
Recommendationsforshifting
Upshifting
Between50and68km/h
(31
muchtheacceleratorpedalis
depressed.
and42mph),dependingonhow
Fornormalacceleration,werecommendtheseshift
points.
Shiftingdown
Gear
Vehiclespeed
24km/h(15mph)
Ifthevehiclespeedishigherthanthe
speedspecifiedforeachgear,thegear
cannotbeshiftedtoalowergearsoasto
protectthetransmission.
M1toM2
M2toM3
M3toM4
M4toM5
M5toM6
40km/h(25mph)
53km/h(33mph)
59km/h(37mph)
78km/h(49mph)
Gear
Vehiclespeed
164km/h(102mph)
117km/h(72mph)
80km/h(49mph)
35km/h(21mph)
M5→M4
Forcruising
M4→M3
M3→M2
M2→M1
Gear
M1toM2
M2toM3
M3toM4
M4toM5
M5toM6
Vehiclespeed
22km/h(14mph)
27km/h(17mph)
41km/h(26mph)
56km/h(35mph)
64km/h(40mph)
Duringdeceleration,thegearsshiftdown
automaticallywhenspeedisreducedto
thefollowing:
Gear
Vehiclespeed
47km/h(29mph)
Downshifting
M6→M5
Whenyoumustslowdowninheavy
trafficoronasteepupgrade ,downshift
beforetheenginestartstooverwork.This
givesbetteraccelerationwhenyouneed
morespeed.
M5→M4
M4→M3
M3→M2
M2→M1
38km/h(23mph)
20km/h(12mph)
15km/h(9mph)
12km/h(7mph)
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| Categories | Mazda Manuals, Mazda MX-5 Miata Manuals |
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| Model Year | 2009 |
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